Where does “kurtiisi” come from?
kurtiisi (Finnish) comes from Swedish kurtis, from French courtoisie, from Old French cortoisie, from Old French cortois, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs, from Latin cohors, from Latin co- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
kurtiisi (Finnish): flirting, coquetry
Definitions
- flirting, coquetry
Ancestry of “kurtiisi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kurtis | — |
| 2 | French | courtoisie | courtesy |
| 3 | Old French | cortoisie | chivalry; bravery; valour |
| 4 | Old French | cortois | noble, upper-class; polite, well-mannered |
| 5 | Old French | cort | court |
| 6 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 7 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |